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J.P. Morgan, LIMRA Offer Planning Guides for Financial Advisers
The J.P. Morgan guide includes late-cycle retirement discussions, and the LIMRA guide highlights 10 common myths of pre-retirees and retirees.
MassMutual Tool Provides Personal Financial Wellness Score
MapMyFinances also offers guidance to help people achieve their financial goals.
Watson Authors 403(b) Plan eSource for ERISApedia.com
"We believe that The 403(b) Plan eSource will be the ‘go-to’ resource for 403(b) professionals and will allow 403(b) professionals to find answers to their compliance questions easily...
Individuals Concerned About Impact of RMDs on Taxes
Nearly one-third (32%) of individuals surveyed by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America say they have difficulty understanding how required minimum distributions could impact their overall tax...
Institutional Investors Looking to Diversify Sources of Alpha
They are considering active, non-traditional passive, alternative, unconstrained and derivative investments, according to Fidelity
Retirement Industry People Moves
The Lanzetta Group moves to Securities America platform; Deutsche Bank hires West Coast head; Greenleaf joins Retirement Advisor Council; and more.
Active TDFs May Help With Market Volatility, Sequence Risk
While passive target-date funds (TDFs) dominate the defined contribution (DC) retirement plan market, Cerulli suggests that touting advantages of active TDFs could make plan sponsors reconsider.
Will Your Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy Keep You Dry?
Buyer Beware! One experienced matchmaker pairing RIAs with providers of E&O insurance policies likens the space to the Wild West, especially when one looks at the “non-admitted” provider...
Using Behavioral Finance to Boost Retirement Security
IFEBP looks at how emotional, social and cognitive factors can be used to help participants better prepare for retirement and suggests 10 ways sponsors can employ behavioral finance...
Newport Group Purchases PNC Bank’s Recordkeeping Business
Upon closing of the transaction, Vested Interest, which has $17 billion of assets under administration, will operate as part of Newport Group and its employees will join Newport...
Investment Products and Service Launches
ProShares Launches ETF for Growing Pet Care Firms; HB&T Reveals Upcoming Sequence of Collective Investment Funds; and Salt Financial Files Registration for ETF That Pays Investors.
Automatic Enrollment a Major Factor in Rise of DC Plan TDF Use
A Vanguard analysis still finds both “pure TDF investors,” or those who hold only a single TDF, and “mixed investors”—investing in a TDF in combination with other investments...
House Subcommittee Witnesses Bash SEC’s Regulation Best Interest
Out of five witnesses called before the House Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital markets, just one spoke favorably about the SEC’s conflict of interest regulations—and his...
Investment Support for Participants on the Rise
Employers are offering this assistance in a variety of ways, including managed accounts, target-date funds and investment advice, according to PSCA.
Trends in DC Plan Market to Propel Greater Interest in Managed Accounts
Cerulli believes managed accounts will continue to gather assets as a customized solution for a targeted cohort of a plan’s overall participant population, as well as address decumulation...
Few Retirees Keep Assets in Their DC Plan
Participants who were age 60 or older when they retired were more likely to keep assets in the plan if it permitted installment payments, according to Alight Solutions.
End-of-Life Planning Outstrips Retirement Care Planning Among Baby Boomers
Two-thirds of middle-income Boomers know someone who has required retirement caregiving, either in their home or in a nursing home, yet few Boomers are taking action to plan...
Cash Back Program May Be Used for Student Loan Repayments
The EvoShare program also allows employees to receive up to 20% cash back on spending toward a 401(k) or 403(b) plan, and/or 529 plan.
Factors Hindering Adoption of ESG Investments in DC Plans
According to a Cerulli report, fee sensitivity, concerns about performance and regulatory confusion are headwinds to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment adoption in defined contribution (DC) plans.